Peter Gotti, left, a brother of John J. Gotti, the crime boss who died in June, has been released from solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he is awaiting trial on racketeering charges. In August, he was placed in solitary because of what prosecutors said was evidence that he plotted from prison to kill the warden of the prison where John Gotti died. Judge Frederic Block ordered Peter Gotti released from solitary, but prosecutors appealed, and Mr. Gotti remained in solitary until prison officials reversed themselves. William Glaberson (NYT)

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A version of this article appears in print on November 22, 2002, on Page B00008 of the National edition with the headline: Metro Briefing | New York: Brooklyn: Gotti Brother Removed From Solitary. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe